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Sensors to be installed on debris of plaza
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that sensors will be installed at all the four corners of Ghakar Plaza to detect those trapped under the rubbles alive.... 
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Fire termed sabotage
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: Owner of Ghakkarh Plaza that was gutted on Saturday has claimed that the incident was an act of sabotage....
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All schools to have uniform curriculum
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The 14th Inter-Provincial Education Ministers (IPEM) meeting has decided to start computer education from class I, introduce uniform curriculum in all schools and improve women education....
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Rival leaders bury the hatchet
GILGIT, Dec 20: Two arch rivals have decided to bury the hatchet and pledged to fight sectarianism jointly to make Gilgit-Balbistan region peaceful....
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Ex-minister seeks acquittal in immigration fraud case
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: Former minister for minorities’ affairs Mushtaq Victor on Saturday filed an application with a court seeking acquittal in an immigration fraud case saying the case had been registered against him without any evidence....
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Pakistani students shine at Cambridge competition
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistani students made their country proud after they won laurels at an international competition designed to inspire imagination....
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Country facing difficult times, says TJP chief
QUETTA, Dec 20: Tehrik-i-Jafaria Pakistan Chief Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi has said that the country is passing through difficult times and if appropriate steps are not taken then the crisis will put the nation’s integrity at stake....
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Three jirga members declaring girl Vani arrested
MULTAN, Dec 20: Rajanpur police arrested on Saturday three members of a jirga which had decided the fate of a girl under the Vani custom four years ago....
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Plan to activate Zakat body
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Central Zakat Council (CZC) on Saturday considered reactivating a sub-committee earlier constituted to propose amendments to the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980....
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Faran, Khanzada elected KPC president, secretary
KARACHI, Dec 20: Mohammad Imtiaz Khan Faran was elected president and A.H. Khanzada secretary of the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. Imtiaz Faran bagged 272 votes and Khanzada 297....
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Injured fireman dies
HYDERABAD, Dec 20: A fire superintendent of the city fire brigade died in a Karachi hospital on Saturday....
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11 die as houses collapse
JACOBABAD, Dec 20: Though Sindh received no rains on Saturday, incidents of house collapse continued in different parts of the province, claiming lives of 11 more people....
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Road blocked as trailer breaks down
SUKKUR, Dec 20: Hundreds of trailers, trucks, buses and wagons were stranded on Sukkur-Shikarpur road near Mehboob Goth, 20km from here, on Saturday night as a trailer blocked the road after its tie-rod broke....
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Protest against loadshedding
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 20: Hundreds of people belonging to different localities of Satellite town staged a protest demonstration at Chandni chowk and blocked Mirwah road in protest against unannounced loadshedding....
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Bonded labourers recovered
BADIN, Dec 20: Police after raiding a brick kiln recovered 25 bonded labourers out of which eight were women and 11 children....
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Threats of sabotage received: minister: BB’s death anniversary
HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Threats to sabotage first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto on Dec 27 are being received by the PPP leaders, said Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Palijo....
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Exorcist, two others arrested for killing two women
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 20: Kot Ghulam Mohammad police on Saturday arrested an exorcist and his two accomplices, in double murder case for torturing two women to death in Qadir Bux Behrani village....
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Canal breach floods crop
SUKKUR, Dec 20: A village and newly-sown wheat crop over 200 acres came under water when a 30-feet breach developed in Masso Minor canal near Qabool Haiderani village in the Mirpur Mathelo area on Saturday....
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Conference calls for agricultural reforms
HYDERABAD, Dec 20: An agriculture reforms conference organised by the Sindh Hari Porhiyat Council held in front of the press club here on Saturday called for reforms in the agriculture sector...
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President criticised for not signing bill
HYDERABAD, Dec 20: The pressure of capitalists is coming in the way of implementation of Industrial Relations Bill 2008 passed by the National Assembly, said provincial president of the National Labour Federation Rana Mehmood....
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JSQM welcomes apology to Baloch people
DADU, Dec 20: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz General Secretary Dr Safdar Sarki has appreciated the government decision to apologise to the people of Balochistan....
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Govt takes notice of ‘illegal’ promotions
SUKKUR, Dec 20: The Sindh local government department’s audit wing taking notice of illegal and out-of-turn promotions in the city taluka municipal administration has directed the taluka nazim to cancel those promotions immediately....
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Case registered
SUKKUR, Dec 20: The Mirpur Mathelo police registered a case against six people, including a policeman, on Saturday, accused of torturing a woman....
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Varsities urged to boost research
LARKANA, Dec 20: Participants of the ninth annual Chandka Medical College international symposium’s concluding session expressed their concern over the little amount of research being conducted at the universities’ level and...
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Rs18.5m for improving hill torrent courses
MULTAN, Dec 20: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced a grant of Rs18.5 million for improving the natural courses of hill torrents in Rajanpur district....
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Five killed in roof collapses
MULTAN, Dec 20: Five people, including a couple and a minor, were killed in Rajanpur, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan districts after roofs of their houses collapsed due to rains on Saturday....
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700 urea bags seized in godown raid
GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: A huge quantity of urea fertiliser was seized on Saturday by a joint raiding party, comprising personnel of the agriculture department and police, from a godown at Ladhaywala Warraich village, allegedly stored for blackmarketing....
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Kamalia forest ‘cleared’ of outlaws
TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 20: Punjab’s second biggest forest spread over hundreds of acres along river Ravi near Kamalia has been cleared of criminals....
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Four lawyers beaten up
SARGODHA, Dec 20: Four lawyers were injured in a scuffle with private persons on sessions court’s premises on Saturday morning and lawyers have announced a strike on Monday to protest the incident....
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Action against sugar mills mafia sought
MUZAFFARGARH, Dec 20: Turning a blind eye by the district government allows officials of the sugar mills to plunder the poor farmers with both hands....
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Bomb hoax delays train
MULTAN, Dec 20: A bomb hoax delayed departure of Lahore-bound Karakoram Express by 90 minutes on Saturday....
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LHC moved against judges’ appointment: ‘Political affiliations’ alleged
LAHORE, Dec 20: The Lahore High Court has been moved to restrain the government from appointing judges in the superior judiciary under ‘political considerations’....
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Qazi wants ‘courageous’ leadership
LAHORE, Dec 20: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad says Pakistan requires courageous leadership to counter international conspiracies to declare it a failed state....
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Woman killed by brother
LAHORE, Dec 20: A young woman was strangulated allegedly by her brother in Chuhng on Saturday....
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Encroachments removed from Moon Market
LAHORE, Dec 20: Illegal construction on a restaurant of a stage actoress was among the 380 or so encroachments removed by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) from Moon Market of Allama Iqbal Town on Saturday....
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‘Snubbed’ SI ends his life
LAHORE, Dec 20: A police sub-inspector allegedly committed suicide in his duty room at the North Cantonment police station on Saturday....
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Bailiff, plaza owner tortured
LAHORE, Dec 20: Around 200 people attacked and tortured court bailiff and owners of a plaza in Azam Cloth Market here on Saturday....
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All steps to eradicate spurious drugs: CM
LAHORE, Dec 20: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says every effort is being made to provide better healthcare facilities to the masses and Mayo Hospital will be made a model hospital....
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Pakistan not a failed state, says Pervaiz
LAHORE, Dec 20: Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Pervaiz Elahi has said coalition partners are declaring Pakistan a failed state in a bid to cover up their failures....
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FAP fears 40pc less water for Rabi crop
LAHORE, Dec 20: The Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) on Saturday expressed concern over 35 to 40 per cent water shortage this Rabi season, which will affect the wheat crop and also increase the cost of production....
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